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Surgical automation is a growing and profitable area of robotics, but it has limits based on anatomy and space. Innovations such as surgical depth imaging and machine vision improvements could allow for more complex operations.

The cloud platform from C2RO robotics, which was an exhibitor at RoboBusiness 2017, was recently part of a demonstration by the MIT Senseable City Lab. The project showed how thermal sensors can be linked to processing in the cloud for...

Universal Robots will be showcasing its collaborative robotic arms at RoboBusiness 2017, including a cobot able to avoid collisions with moving objects and a startup demonstrating a UR arm for sewing during the annual Pitchfire competition.

Unmanned systems are all the rage at this week's AUVSI Xponential in Dallas. From our first impressions, the markets for drones and related technologies are healthy, based on business and technology developments.

Despite some uncertainty around U.S. government policy and the failure of drone maker Lily Robotics, robotics funding continued to grow in the first quarter of 2017, especially around self-driving cars and AI.

Pick and place for e-commerce order fulfillment has a new option, with RightHand Robotics' RightPick system. The newly funded company combines gripper and sensor technology with machine learning to handle a wide range of items.

Boston startups focusing on robotics, drones, self-driving cars, and AI can rent part of MassRobotics' new Shared Robotics Innovation Space, which provides infrastructure and tech and business support.